6/25/08 -- Requirements for professional security certification for IT workers in civilian agencies, now being readied by the Office of Management and Budget, would have a major impact on how government and industry recruit, train and manage their IT staffs, a security expert said Wednesday. full story
3/12/08 -- Non-profit certification group (ISC)² recently kicked off its 2008 information security awards program with plans to hand out $100,000 for post-graduate information security research projects. full story
11/15/06 -- Last month, Thomson Corp. announced that it is looking to sell off assets in its Thomson Learning division, which includes the worldwide testing center network Prometric. full story
11/15/06 -- Apple Computer recently announced that it will be adding two new exams for its Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA) title early next year. full story
4/13/05 -- Sun Microsystems recently announced a 5 percent discount on exams purchased through the company's Web site, part of a larger promotion to encourage visitors to order training and other services online from the company. full story
11/17/04 -- FileMaker announced today that the FileMaker 7 Certified Developer exam has been translated into six languages: French, Italian, German, Swedish, Spanish and Dutch. full story
10/20/04 -- A new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling on the status of certification
programs may mean taxes for organizations offering credentials that were otherwise
exempt from federal income tax. full story
5/26/04 -- Representative Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) introduced a bill into the U.S. House of Representatives last week that, if passed, would make technical training tax deductible. full story
3/17/04 -- CertCities.com recently obtained a translation of a Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) press release that sheds new light on the February arrest of four people for selling IT certification exam questions (i.e., braindumps) and setting up a proxy testing network where students in Taiwan, China and other countries would pay up to $1,800 to have others take their IT certification exams for them. full story
3/2/04 -- Classes are back to normal at ITT Technical Institute campuses across the country after federal agents raided the company's headquarters and 10 of its campuses last week in response to grand jury subpoenas and search warrants seeking various enrollment data. full story
1/7/04 -- Kaplan Education, owner of practice-exam provider Self Test Software, recently announced it has acquired the assets rival exam provider, Nashville, Tenn.-based Transcender. full story
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